Brakes
Pads, rotors, calipers, lines and bleeding.
6 procedures
Brake Fluid Replacement and Bleeding Brakes
How to replace brake fluid and bleed the brakes, covering both the two-person method and the one-person hand-vacuum-pump method.
Brake Pads - Checking Pad Thickness and Replacing Pads
How to check brake pad thickness against the wear limits and replace worn pads, with separate caliper procedures for the different model groups.
Brakes - Inspecting / Replacing Brake Rotors
How to inspect brake rotor thickness and run-out against specification, and remove and install front and rear rotors across the model range.
Brakes - Master Cylinder Replacement
How to remove and install the brake master cylinder, with a Porsche part-number reference by model and year and notes on telling Teves and Girling units apart.
Brakes - Parking Brake Adjustment
How to check the parking brake adjustment and adjust it using the rear hub adjuster and the cable adjusting nuts at the lever.
Checking the Brake System
A routine brake system inspection covering disc brake lining thickness, caliper and hose condition, and the parking brake.